University of Georgia Dean Forced to Apologize for 'Having a Republican Friend'

Journalism Dean Charles Davis made public apology for friendship with conservative

University Dean Charles Davis forced to make public apology for having a Republican friend

A dean at the University of Georgia has been forced to make a public apology after he congratulated a Republican friend on Twitter and their friendship was "exposed."

Charles Davis, the dean of Journalism and Mass Communications at the Uni, was forced to apologize because he tweeted out a congratulatory message to a friend, who just so happens to be the state's Republican candidate for governor, Campus Reform reports.

The liberal UGA was outraged to discover Davis was friends with conservative Brian Kemp, who won Georgia's Republican primary last week.

Kemp, who earned the right to represent the GOP in the state's gubernatorial elections this fall, was a high school classmate of well-respected educator Davis, according to reports.

Davis called his childhood friend Kemp a "nice guy" and "kind to a fault," despite their political disagreements, causing officials and students at the university to have a meltdown, quickly branding the dean as a "racist."

“I went to high school with GOP guv candidate @BrianKempGA. We played YMCA ball from childhood. Politics be damned. He is a nice guy, always was. Kind to a fault,” Davis tweeted.

“He’s a friend, always has been, and will be when we’re old(er) and grey(er). That’s how all this should work, people.”